Family Seeks Special Prosecutor in Fatal Shooting of Cleveland Boy Tamir Rice

Lawyers complain of delays in handling of killing last November

Lawyers and family members of a 12-year-old boy shot dead by a Cleveland police officer nearly a year ago called on Friday for a special prosecutor in the killing of Tamir Rice.

The family has said it is angry with what it sees as delays and bias by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, who is in charge of the investigation of last November’s shooting and hasn’t yet presented evidence to a grand jury.